02 May

Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military

Miami resident Onur Aksoy has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for running a multi-million-dollar operation selling fake Cisco equipment that

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02 May

Patch up – 4 critical bugs in ArubaOS lead to remote code execution

Network admins are being urged to patch a bundle of critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS that lead to remote code execution as a privileged user. HPE

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02 May

Federal frenzy to patch gaping GitLab account takeover hole

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is forcing all federal agencies to patch a critical vulnerability in GitLab’s Community and Enterprise editions, confirming

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02 May

Protecting Model Updates in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning: Part Two

The problem  The previous post in our series discussed techniques for providing input privacy in PPFL systems where data is horizontally partitioned. This blog will focus on

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02 May

Adding insult to injury: crypto recovery scams

Scams Once your crypto has been stolen, it is extremely difficult to get back – be wary of fake promises to retrieve your funds and

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02 May

Think tank: China’s tech giants refine and define Beijing’s propaganda push

Chinese tech companies that serve as important links in the world’s digital supply chains are helping Beijing to execute and refine its propaganda strategy, according

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02 May

REvil ransomware scum sentenced to almost 14 years inside, ordered to pay $16 million

A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to almost 14 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $16 million in restitution for his role

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02 May

A million Australian pubgoers wake up to find personal info listed on leak site

Over a million records describing Australians who visited local pubs and clubs have apparently been posted online. An anonymously published leak site claims the records

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02 May

Dropbox dropped the ball on security, haemorrhaging customer and third-party info

Dropbox has revealed a major attack on its systems that saw customers’ personal information accessed by unknown and unauthorized entities. The attack, detailed in a

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02 May

Block accused of mass compliance failures that saw digi-dollars reach terrorists

Fintech biz Block is reportedly under investigation by US prosecutors over claims by a former employee that lax compliance checks mean its Square and Cash

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01 May

Infosec biz boss accused of BS’ing the world about his career, anti-crime product, customers

Jack Blount, the now-ex CEO of Intrusion, has settled with the SEC over allegations he made false and misleading statements about his infosec firm’s product

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01 May

US charges 16 over ‘depraved’ grandparent scams

Sixteen people are facing charges from US prosecutors for allegedly preying on the elderly and scamming them out of millions of dollars. The accused offenders

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01 May

Qantas app glitch sees boarding passes fly to other accounts

Aussie airline Qantas says its app is now stable following a data breach that saw boarding passes take off from passengers’ accounts. Customers and local

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01 May

Take A Tour! NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Small Business Quick Start Guide

Credit: NIST The U.S. Small Business Administration is celebrating National Small Business Week from April 28 – May 4, 2024. This week recognizes and celebrates the

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01 May

Open source programming language R patches gnarly arbitrary code exec flaw

The open source R programming language has patched an arbitrary code execution hole that scored a preliminary CVSS severity rating of 8.8 out of 10.

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30 Apr

Cyber-bastard jailed for stealing psychotherapy files, blackmailing patients

A cyber-thief who snatched tens of thousands of patients’ sensitive records from a psychotherapy clinic before blackmailing them and then leaking their files online has

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30 Apr

UnitedHealth CEO: ‘Decision to pay ransom was mine’

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will tell US lawmakers Wednesday the cybercriminals who hit Change Healthcare with ransomware used stolen credentials to remotely access a Citrix

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30 Apr

NSA guy who tried and failed to spy for Russia gets 262 months in the slammer

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to do freelance as a Russian spy. In his trial yesterday,

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